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PlasticPole   
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]

Besides they used to say that about Ireland but not too much anymore.

It just goes to show what having a strong work ethic and willingness to work hard for very little money gets you. It's better to be a slacker who demands a huge salary. That way you don't get used.
PlasticPole   
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]

Looking at Poland's history, Poland has, as we know, all too often been given a bad deal.

It's because of where Poland is situated geographically and the relationship between ethnic Poles, ethnic Germans and ethnic Russians. Germany wants to be number one in the region. America had a strange relationship with Germany, kind of two faced. We didn't like the Nazis so much because of our Jewish Americans but owed loyality to Germany, more or less, because of the Deutsche influence immigrants had here.

Poles did not immigrate en masse until later, although there was a Pole who showed up now and then. So, America didn't have this influencial pool of ethnic Poles influencing what mattered and what didn't like Germany had. So, you had this indifference on behalf of America, and reluctance to get involved. Also, we had just been through WWI and no one wanted a repeat of that. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars, so what was the deal with that? Americans really believed it was the war to end all wars and didn't feel justified in fighting again so soon.
PlasticPole   
15 Oct 2010
Life / Is parity the answer for Polish women? [262]

and women should be allowed in combat positions in the military,

Some people aren't cut out for combat male or female. The right person for the job should be allowed to take the job, regardless of gender or orientation. Professionalism is the most important thing.

As far as women and men competing on a basketball court, face it, men have some advantages in body strength, so they need to compete with other men while women compete with women. Men competing physically with women can be unfair, unless the men are weak for some reason.
PlasticPole   
15 Oct 2010
Life / Is parity the answer for Polish women? [262]

Relationships between men and women shouldn't be political!

In an equal society, women should buy men stuff, too. It should be mutual. If a guy is with a woman and she has a good paying job, he should expect her to pay for stuff and buy presents just as much as he does for her.
PlasticPole   
3 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]

PM Tusk has ordered a nationwide crackdown on shops selling smart drugs

I would worry more about fraud. Do these drugs really work? If they don't, millions of people are throwing away their money. Buyer beware.

We have energy drinks, herbal suppliments, mineral and vitamin suppliments. Some are "memory enhancing" and have gingko, while others are "sexual enhancing". There's an enhancement for damn near everything these days.
PlasticPole   
3 Oct 2010
Life / Bugs in Polish houses and apartments [78]

Fleas are a pain in the you-know-where. What you should do is vacuum and put some bug spray on the floors.
PlasticPole   
30 Sep 2010
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

In the US, there's free ones in fast food restaraunts and at Chuck E Cheese's where you have to buy food before your kids can play on them. We have some in parks that are free, though not as elaborate. There were places like Fun Zone, don't know if it's still in business, that charged. I never went because other places were free.
PlasticPole   
30 Sep 2010
Love / THE POLISH DISEASE, wanna marry a Polish girl ? read on... [197]

Wow, talk about a bitter dude. Sounds like you might be slightly disillusioned about women in general.

I was refering to the dude who posted this thread. He sounds very bitter. Sounds like the type of dude that has the wrong expectations about relationships, so he goes to another country thinking the women there will be so "different" when it's really him that is having the problem being compatible with women in general. Relationships take a lot of work, commitment and "rose coloured glasses" or they cease being fun.
PlasticPole   
25 Sep 2010
Life / How to Politely Refuse a Drink in Poland [72]

I would say that most people have drank and driven at some point in their lives

It's definitely not something most Americans do. A handful, yes. but definitely the minority. I have never gotten behind the wheel of an automobile after belting down a few brews or sloshing my way through a vineyard.
PlasticPole   
24 Sep 2010
News / €11,700 to every migrant returning to the Polish capital and starting a business there. [110]

It becomes a matter of what do you want your people to do, sit around complaining and soaking up entitlements or providing taxable goods and services so the money does some circulating. It's healthier to get the people involved in their own industry. It gives them a sense of pride and accomplishment. It is what all governments world wide should be doing, making it easy for anyone who wants to to go into business for themselves so they can take care of themselves!
PlasticPole   
24 Sep 2010
News / €11,700 to every migrant returning to the Polish capital and starting a business there. [110]

And who pays? The workers aren't going to be too happy to be funding business owners left/right/centre.

The people with the businesses will pay because governments tax them. It's better to have a population with businesses and people working because they are taxable and provide sales tax for the local government. The program will pay for itself. Better hope they all spend the money on the business though, and not off to the casino with it.
PlasticPole   
24 Sep 2010
News / POLAND IS 4TH BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN EUROPE [60]

Considering that a Polish smoker can expect to pay just £1.70 for a packet of cigarettes

Cigarette smoke smells so stale. Low cigarette pack prices are nothing to brag about since it means more people smoke and if more people smoke, there's more second hand smoke everywhere. It makes people's clothing smell weird.

The rest of it is cool but not smoking is a good thing and should be discouraged.
PlasticPole   
12 Sep 2010
Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]

Fox News stated that they would not send a reporter to cover the book burnings. All the other networks were going to send one. So in this instance you agree with Fox News!

A local ABC affiliate has stated it will not publish any Koran burnings footage on its website nor will it air any coverage on it's television station.
PlasticPole   
9 Sep 2010
Genealogy / The surname "Turek" [11]

It seems appropriate since this Oktoberfest is starting in September, that it should not be hosted by someone with a German last name. At first I didn't know why the Oktoberfest wouldn't be in the month Oktober...but now I realize why...

We have so many Oktoberfests in Oktober, we have to spread them out to other times of the year ;)
PlasticPole   
9 Sep 2010
Love / Polish girls hard in relationships [156]

The girl has a point here! Most Fems are ugly...

There are plenty of attractive feminist lawyers. Sure, they might not publically label themselves as feminists, but, by their own example, they clearly are! They just don't announce it to the world and yap about it. It's obvious by the way they live. Any career minded woman is a feminist.

Being submissive works sometimes, but it should be tapered with assertiveness whenever necessary.